Hybrid Senior Principal Security Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Principal Security Engineer at Workday acting as technical contact for Enterprise Security. Bridging cybersecurity strategy with hands-on execution to tackle complex security challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the Strategic Interface by serving as the primary point of awareness for all technical inquiries, project intakes, and multi-functional collaborations involving Enterprise Security.
  • Mentor and Influence by providing deep technical mentorship to engineers across the team while influencing senior partners on critical security investments and architectural pivots.
  • Bridge Silos and partner with Infrastructure, Engineering, and specialized Cyber teams (e.g., SOC, GRC, AppSec) to ensure unified execution of the security roadmap.
  • Tackle 'Impossible' Problems and be responsible for the most sophisticated, high-impact security challenges.
  • Advise Leadership by acting as a trusted technical advisor to the head of Enterprise Security, translating complex technical risks into actionable business strategies.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in Cybersecurity
  • 5 years in a Lead, Principal, or Staff-level capacity within a large-scale enterprise
  • deep technical proficiency across multiple domains, including Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Network Security
  • Zero Trust architectures
  • consistent record of leading complex multi-functional relationships
  • strategic execution experience developing and driving security strategies
  • expert-level understanding of secure SDLC
  • infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
  • automation-first security operations
  • experience with security solutions such as SASE, SSPM, DSPM, CSPM, DLP, IDP, EDR, and EDM
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field
  • advanced certifications (CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, or similar) preferred

Benefits

  • Workday Bonus Plan
  • role-specific commission/bonus
  • annual refresh stock grants

Job title

Senior Principal Security Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$205,600 - $308,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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